Jewish Christmases I Have Known
What do you do when the world gives you a mandatory day off, when nothing is open except Chinese restaurants and movie theatres?
VIDEO: Franchesca Ramsey’s Comebacks Will Make Your Racist Relatives STFU This Holigay Season
Now pass the tofurkey and shut the fuck up, uncle Ned!
Lez Liberty Lit #62: Piles and Piles of Pages
Marginalia, feminist shelfies, expanding the queer canon, 2014 in queer diversity in YA and more.
A+ VIDEO: “All We Want For Christmas Is You” Lip Sync Dance Party
If you thought all we could do was sit in our chairs and type words on a screen, prepare to have your mind blown!
A+ Podcast Episode One: December 2014
It’s finally here! Your very own A+ podcast! Sit back and enjoy.
OPEN THREAD: All I Want for Christmakwanzakah is You, So Get In Here
This is a safe and special place for you to use as refuge from your family, a recipe depository from your holigay feasts, and also a friend-making machine.
Holigay Playlist: Having a Blue Christmas
The song Blue Christmas is not on this playlist, but it’s still perfect for melancholy holigay moments.
FDA Will Allow Gay Men to Donate Blood Under Amended Restrictions
After weeks of discussion on the subject, the agency has finally announced it will replace the current lifetime ban with a one-year restriction period for men who sleep with men.
Here’s 35 LGBTQ Female TV Characters of Color Who Made 2014 A Very Queer Year
There were more queer female characters of color on TV in 2014 than the total number of queer female characters on TV, period, five years ago.
“Legend of Korra”‘s Final Scene Wasn’t Enough and Why We Must Demand More
I’m damn furious that six years ago, Nickelodeon was allowed to show a 12-year-old boy kissing a 14-year-old girl and saying “I love you,” but now, they refuse to show a 21-year-old woman do either of those things with her 22-year-old female partner.
Going to an Outdoor Semi-Formal Event in the F*cking Snow
As for keeping your hands warm, the best way to go is a faux fur muff. I really don’t understand why people don’t still wear muffs all the time. They’re great! They double as a great way to keep your hands nice and cozy and an excuse to make lesbian sex jokes.
Drawn to Comics: Lumberjanes #9 Has Spookiness to the Max!
If you were on the fence about buying it, the credits page calls the issue “a flippin’ sweet Susan B. Anth-ology.”
On The Silencing of Trans Women of Color: A Response to Trans Glamour vs. Trans Activism
“As a white woman, you may not understand this but the simple act of getting up and being in the public eye and proclaiming your transness unapologetically is an act of revolution for every trans person of color, and in that right, they are doing the work.”
The Autostraddle Insider: Issue Six, December 2014
This week in The A+ Insider, we re-cast Peter Pan starring Alex Vega, Laneia thinks you need a walk, we remember the year that was, and everybody stocks up on Endure By Rachel Kincaid.
Salem Episodes 7 and 8 Recap: F*ck Colonialism
Maybe girl-on-girl action is like the antenna that boosts magical Wi-Fi. (That was an alcohol-inspired thought.)
27 Foods You Can Make in the Microwave
If it requires a stove, oven or toaster, you won’t find it here.
Get Baked: Homemade Gingerbread for all Your Festive Needs
“At some point, probably around the time I became a surly teenager and wanted something of my very own to craft and control and create, I decided to start making gingerbread too. At first this was just something I did alone, but gradually my younger brother began helping me, then my older brother, and it kind of became a tradition by accident.”
Brrr It’s Cold Out There: It’s Time To Get You Some Boots
As far as winter footwear is concerned you have two choices: fashion or function. That doesn’t mean your choices are “look cute and freeze” or “stay dry and sacrificing lookin’ winsome.” Lovely human, you’ve got options.
This Shit Rules: Keep It Simple, Keep It Clean
About half the year, I’m obsessed with beauty products and rituals and slathering things all over my body in the hopes that they’ll be the latest miracle product to change my life. The other half of the time, I’m the laziest motherfucker around.
Korrasami, Queer Representation and Saying Goodbye to the “Legend of Korra”
But in the end, it’s Asami that Korra holds hands with, Asami that Korra decides to vacation with, Asami who’s there for her in the end, Asami with whom Korra shares lingering glances and momentary intimacies.